Affiliate Disclosure

As things stand

Baffled has four affiliate relationships: OpticsPlanet, through the AWIN affiliate network; EuroOptic, through the Impact affiliate network; and Guns.com and Ammunition Depot, both through the AvantLink affiliate network. Suppressor and accessory pages (mounts, muzzle devices, pistons, and front accessories) may show a retailer's price and a Shop link when that retailer stocks the part, and the ammunition page does the same for a box of ammunition. Follow one of those links and buy something, and this site may earn a commission from the retailer. That costs you nothing. You pay the retailer's price, the same as if you had gone there directly.

Those links appear in four places: the Shop button on a suppressor or accessory browse listing (card or list row), the Shop button on a suppressor's or accessory's own page, the Shop button on a load in the ammunition list, and the Shop button beside a product named in an article. Each one is marked with the retailer's name and an outbound arrow. Navigation, search results, breadcrumbs, and every other link on the site stay internal. No manufacturer or retailer pays to be in the catalog or to rank in it.

What compensation never changes

This holds whether or not there is ever a commission involved. Compensation will never determine:

• Compatibility conclusions. Whether the site tells you two parts fit.
• Specifications. Every length, weight, diameter, thread, and material stays what the source says it is.
• Comparison output. What the compare view reports, including which build wins on a given measure.
• The order in which products appear, in search, in filters, in pickers, or in any list.
• Whether a product is in the catalog at all, or whether a correction gets made.

A paying retailer and a non-paying one get described the same way here.

Prices

The site shows two kinds of dollar figure, always labeled. MSRP is the manufacturer's suggested retail price, gathered from manufacturer sources. A retailer's price is labeled "Store price" or with the retailer's name, and the retailer and the date we saw the price are shown with it, taken from their product feed. Where a part has no MSRP, or a retailer charges more than the MSRP on file, the site shows the lowest retailer price instead, because a retailer charging more than MSRP suggests the MSRP on file is wrong or out of date. The price filter also counts a retailer's price when it is lower than MSRP. Neither figure is a live checkout price or a quote. What you actually pay can differ by dealer, sale, and configuration. That stays true regardless of who, if anyone, is paying a commission.

Independence

Baffled is independently developed and is not affiliated with any manufacturer. The About page covers how the data is assembled and what its limits are. Privacy covers what happens if you follow a link off the site.

Manufacturers, retailers, and testing organizations who want to talk are welcome to get in touch. A spot in the catalog is not for sale, and neither is a better position in it.